vi, 390 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references

Selections from Folkways / William Graham Sumner -- Relativism and objectivity in ethics / William H. Shaw -- Encountering diversity: medical ethics and pluralism / Joseph J. Fins -- Euthyphro / Plato -- The story of Abraham / The Bible -- The myth of Gyges / Plato -- Egoism and moral scepticism / James Rachels -- Selection from Utilitarianism / John Stuart Mill -- Two concepts of rules / John Rawls -- The experience machine / Robert Nozick -- Rich and poor / Peter Singer -- Selection from The foundations of the metaphysics of morals / Immanuel Kant -- A simplified version of Kant's ethics: perplexities of famine and world hunger / Onora O'Neill -- Human cloning: a Kantian approach / Philip Kitcher -- What makes right acts right? / W.D. Ross -- Pluralism and the value of life / John Kekes -- Global warming / Robert Hood -- Selection from A theory of justice / John Rawls -- The entitlement theory / Robery Nozick -- Illegal immigrants, health care, and social responsibility / James Dwyer -- Selection from Nichomachean ethics / Aristotle -- On some vices of virtue ethics / Robert B. Louden -- Virtue theory and abortion / Rosalind Hursthouse -- Standard moral theoryes from a feminist perspective / Hilde Lindemann -- Women and caring / Nel Noddings -- Prostitution and the case for decriminalization / Laurie Shrage

plus-circle Add Review

comment

Reviews